Senior Electrical Engineer

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Qualifications

The ideal candidate will exhibit most of the following:

• Six plus years of professional engineering experience
• Direct technical involvement on multiple prior electro-mechanical projects with embedded electronics, resulting ia n deep understanding of motion/control systems theory and physics
• Exceptional communication skills; able to present results and recommendations to internal and external customers
• Strong ability to mentor less experienced colleagues
• Desired work split: ~80% hands-on engineering and ~20% mentoring/similar
• Design experience with motors, motor controllers, power supplies, inverters/converters, and/or power electronics
• Prior professional experience with embedded electronics design containing microcontrollers, DSPs, programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD), memory, high-speed signaling, MEMS sensors, etc
• Strong ability to handle concurrent fast-paced projects with minimal direction
• Development and editing of top-level system architectures
• Experience with a plethora of different sensor types and technologies
• Programming experience, especially with embedded C, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and/or Matlab Simulink Coder (formerly Real-Time Workshop)
• Familiarity with communication protocols like Controller Area Network (CAN), USB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc
• Electrical test and debug with industry standard tools (oscilloscope, in-circuit debug, digital multimeter, etc)
• Custom PCB design experience from schematic entry and board layout through fabrication, assembly, and test
• Familiarity and experience with high-performance vehicles (electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric, race vehicles, Solar Car, Formula SAE, etc), including the design process and components
• Experience in design and fabrication for automotive environments (extreme temperature, shock, vibration, etc)
• Generate technical drawings of systems, components, and interfaces
• Experience with various battery chemistries and related battery management systems
• Experience with R&D, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), venture capital (VC), or similarly funded projects and work effort

Benefits

We’re convinced that the team and the projects are hands-down the best part of working at Motivo. To support that, we offer a solid benefits package including high-quality insurance, a 401(k) match, generous vacation time, and our Monday–Thursday 4/10 work week. We offer profit-sharing bonuses, which are tied to overall company performance, because we believe in winning together; we’re transparent about the company’s numbers, and when our hard work drives financial success, employees may share in the upside.

• Base Salary Range: $110,000 - $130,000
• Salary is dependent on experience, knowledge, and interview performance.